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Noel Gay

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Composer 1898–1954

Reginald Moxon Armitage (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954) known professionally as Noel Gay was a British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was "the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin". He is best known for the musical, Me and My Girl.

Also credited on1 work

Me And My Girl

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature6 passages

  • MN: The Art of Genealogy; Hobbies; Alice Blue Gown; Down Town East of Broadway [by Noel Gay]; Castle of Dreams; Talk of the Town; To Be Worthy; Broadway Jitterbug; Irene; We’re Getting Away with It; Sky Rocket; The Last Part of Every Partyebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • ME AND MY GIRL Book and Lyrics, L. Arthur Rose. Douglas Furber; Music. Noel Gay; Book Revision. Stephen Fry; Contributions to revision. Mike Ockrenl; Director. Mike Ockrent; Choreography. Gillian Gregory; Sets. Martin Johns; Costumes. Ann Curtis; Lighting. Chris Ellis. Roger Morgan; Musical Direction, Stanley Lebowsky; Sound, Tom Morse; O…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1986-87 Season, v. 43 (Willis, John).txt
  • ME AND MY GIRL Book & Lyrics, L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber; Music, Noel Gay; Book revisions, Stephen Fry; Director/Contributions to revisions, Mike Ockrent; Choreographer, Gillian Gregory; Scenery, Martin Johns; Costumes, Ann Curtis; Lighting, Roger Morgan, Chris Ellis; Sound, Tom Morse; Musical Supervisor, Thomas Helm; Musi¬ cal Direct…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt
  • ME AND MY GIRL Book and Lyrics, L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber; Music, Noel Gay; Book Revision, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent; Director, Mike Ockrent; Presented by Richard Armitage, Terry Allen Kramer, James M. Nederlander; Stage Promotions Ltd.; Choreography, Gillian Gregory; Sets, Martin Johns; Costumes, Ann Curtis; Lighting, Chris Ellis, R…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt
  • ME AND MY GIRL For creative credits and musical numbers, see Broadway Calendar. Presented by the Noel Gay Organisation Ltd., Terry Allen Kramer, James M. Nederlander, Strada Entertainment; General Manager, Ralph Roseman; Company Managers, Richard Grayson, Alan R. Markinson; Stage Managers, George Martin, Harold Goldfaden, Tracy Crum; Ward…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt
  • Director: Michael O'Flaherty; General Manager: Harriett Guin-Kittner ME AND MY GIRL by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber and Music by Noel Gay; Director, Scott Schwartz; Scenic Design, Anna Louizos; Costumetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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